Thomas Jefferson — "The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny, are…"

The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny, are to diffuse it generally among the people, and to give to all, in proportion to their interest in it, a proportionate share in its exercise.
Thomas Jefferson — Thomas Jefferson Early Modern · US Founding Father, Declaration of Independence

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Letter to James Madison

Date: 1787

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